The economics of mobile telecommunications /
Offers a comprehensive economic analysis of the main determinants of growth in the mobile telecommunications industry. Detailed country studies provide empirical evidence for the development of the main themes. This research-based survey will appeal to a wide range of applied industrial economists w...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A new and fast-growing industry
- Business strategies for firms
- Radio spectrum availability as a key determinant for market structure
- Stylised features of the mobile telecommunications industry
- Some technology history
- Characteristics of alternative cellular systems
- Subscriber trends
- Evolution of mobile telecommunications revenues
- Trends in cost
- Regulation
- The evolution of national markets for cellular mobile telecommunications services
- The analytical framework
- Empirical evidence for the policy matrix
- Country studies
- The determinants of the diffusion of cellular mobile telecommunications services
- Preliminary considerations on diffusion and market structure
- The econometric model
- Empirical results
- Market conduct and pricing issues in mobile markets
- Theoretical considerations on market conduct
- Product differentiation strategies in mobile telecommunications
- Empirical research on market behaviour
- Theoretical foundations for pricing in mobile telecommunications
- Welfare analysis of charging regimes
- Mobile telecommunications pricing, by type of service
- Price trends in mobile telecommunications
- Issues in radio spectrum management
- International spectrum allocation
- National spectrum assignment
- Spectrum assignment in practice
- 3G auctions in Europe
- Discussion of the experience of European 3G auctions
- Administrative procedures for European 3G spectrum licences
- The evolution of market structure in mobile telecommunications markets
- The theoretical framework
- The profitability of the mobile telecommunications sector in Europe
- The design of market structure for 3G markets in Europe
- The aftermath of 3G licensing.